awards and honors

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has honored JQI Fellow Mohammad Hafezi for his impactful research and will support him visiting Germany to collaborate in person with colleagues there.

JQI Research Scientist Grégory Moille has received the Distinguished Research Scientist Prize from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland. The award comes with a $5,000 prize and celebrates his research excellence.

JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov is a finalist in the physical sciences and engineering category of the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The annual awards acknowledge the accomplishments and future potential of scientists and engineers who are 42 years old or younger.

JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov has won the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award.

A team of JQI researchers and their colleagues have won in the quantum category of the UMD Invention of the Year Award. They are honored for developing a new method for counting particles of light—photons—without destroying them.

JQI Emeritus Fellow Paul Julienne now a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

JQI Fellow Wendell Hill III is now a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

JQI graduate student Jacob Bringewatt has received the Board of Visitors Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at UMD. The award acknowledges scholarly and research excellence of a graduate student in the college and comes with a $5,000 prize.

JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov was named a 2023 fellow of Optica, the organization formerly known as the Optical Society of America.

Elizabeth Bennewitz, a first-year physics graduate student at JQI and QuICS, has been named a finalist for a 2022 Hertz Fellowship. Out of more than 650 applicants, Bennewitz is one of 45 finalists with a chance of receiving up to $250,000 in support from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. The fellowships provide up to five years of funding for recipients pursuing a Ph.D.